Active Community-Based Case Finding for Tuberculosis With Limited Resources: Estimating Prevalence in a Remote Area of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea is one of the 14 highest-burden countries for tuberculosis (TB) infection, but few community-based studies exist. We evaluated a low-cost method of active community case finding in Kabwum and Wasu in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Over 3 months we visited 26 villages and screene...

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Autores principales: Karki, Bindu, Kittel, Guenter, Bolokon, Ignatius, Duke, Trevor
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5349312/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28033717
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1010539516683497

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5349312/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28033717
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1010539516683497

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